Dropzone AI

Head of Business Development

Dropzone AI

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $195,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Develop and own Dropzone AI’s global OEM and strategic partnership roadmap.
  • Identify key partnership opportunities aligned with product strategy and market demands.
  • Evaluate, negotiate, and structure complex strategic deals, integrations, and joint offerings.
  • Build the long-term ecosystem strategy that enables Dropzone AI to scale into new markets and customer segments.
  • Source, engage, and manage relationships with top-tier technology vendors, cybersecurity platforms, cloud providers, and service partners.
  • Lead partnership lifecycle end-to-end: discovery, evaluation, mutual value mapping, contracting, technical alignment, and GTM execution.
  • Establish revenue-bearing OEM agreements and high-leverage channel/technology partnerships.
  • Drive co-selling motions, joint marketing plans, and co-delivery efforts to accelerate pipeline and adoption.
  • Work closely with Product and Engineering to prioritize and guide integration work, joint product roadmaps, and platform interoperability.
  • Translate partner requirements into actionable product insights and drive alignment on technical feasibility.
  • Ensure partner-enabled solutions deliver exceptional customer experience and measurable value.
  • Partner with Sales to operationalize partner-sourced pipeline, co-selling, and referral motions.
  • Collaborate with Marketing to design partner messaging, joint announcements, and co-marketing campaigns.
  • Work with Finance and Legal to model deal structures, negotiate terms, and optimize contract frameworks.
  • Define and track KPIs for partnership effectiveness, including sourced pipeline, OEM revenue, integration adoption, and ecosystem health.
  • Build repeatable motions, processes, and governance to ensure partnerships scale efficiently.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in business development, strategic partnerships, alliances, or OEM leadership roles within SaaS or cybersecurity.
  • Deep understanding of the cybersecurity ecosystem (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, MSSP, threat intel, cloud security, incident response tools).
  • Demonstrated ability to structure, negotiate, and close complex commercial or OEM agreements.
  • Experience building and scaling partnership programs from the ground up.
  • Strong technical literacy—comfortable discussing architecture, integrations, APIs, and security workflows.
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally while owning outcomes end-to-end.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and executive relationship-management skills.
  • High-energy, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Early-stage startup mindset.
Benefits
  • company paid health insurance
  • 401K Plan with employer match
  • Self-Managed PTO
  • parental leave
  • more

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
business developmentstrategic partnershipsOEM agreementsnegotiationcontractingtechnical alignmentintegrationKPI trackingarchitectureAPIs
Soft skills
communicationnegotiationrelationship managementcollaborationentrepreneurial mindsethigh-energyoutcome ownershipcross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingadaptability